Looks great so far. That's exactly the point when a cabinet becomes "ours". All repaired and stripped etc. Ill bet that front veneer looks good when you wipe it down with paint thinner..fun to get a tease like that cause it hints at what it will look like once grainfilled and clearcoated.
Wanna try your hand on this one?
The guy who told me about the 69 radios really wants it so I said ok but sheesh, the colors!
Looking good!
Kirk
thanks Jim, yep I wiped it down and it looks nice. Uhhh...Kirk....gee....thanks...no.
Actually, it will probably clean up well unless they did something nasty to the veneer first.
(03-28-2015, 12:47 PM)klondike98 Wrote: [ -> ]thanks Jim, yep I wiped it down and it looks nice. Uhhh...Kirk....gee....thanks...no.
Actually, it will probably clean up well unless they did something nasty to the veneer first.
There is always the chance of that with some cabinets, I've had that happen once with one of my Canadian G.E KL500s, but mostly it's just a slacker's way of covering up a failing lacquer finish or "freshening" up the look.
Regards
Arran
With the warmer weather its been time to work on this cabinet again. Did some grain filling using Timbermate (walnut color). Its water soluble, so easy to mix up a slurry and spread it on, scrape it off and then lightly sand.
Toned the cabinet with Mohawk medium brown walnut ultra classic and the trim with black lacquer. Unfortunately when I pulled some of the tape up after the black lacquer application some of the veneer came up. Fortunately I was able to glue it back down without too much difficulty.
I think I've got the final gloss lacquer layer down now and will paint the edges of the grill cutouts with a flat black acrylic. The sunlight gives it a little more red color than what you see indoors. Final sand and rub out in a few weeks.
OK..to finish this thread out..here's an indoor photo of the cabinet with the new grill cloth and radio installed. Not perfect but a long way from the starting point
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